Souderton man admits to sexual assault of girl, 12

NORRISTOWN — A Souderton man has admitted to sexually assaulting an underage girl in 2000 in a swimming pool while the two were visitors at a Telford residence.

Kevin Dale Finnemeyer, 43, of the 400 block of Wile Avenue, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court on Tuesday to a felony rape charge in connection with the incident that occurred in the summer of 2000. At the time of the incident, the girl was 12 and Finnemeyer was 29, according to court records.

Judge Thomas P. Rogers deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a background investigative report about Finnemeyer. Finnemeyer also must be evaluated by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board, which will determine if he meets criteria under the state’s Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act to be classified as a sexually violent predator.

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Those classified as predators face more stringent restrictions under state law, including a lifetime requirement to report their addresses to state police on a regular basis.

Finnemeyer, who remains free on bail pending sentencing, faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 to 20 years in prison on the charge. As conditions of bail, the judge ordered Finnemeyer to have no unsupervised contact with minors and Finnemeyer also is prohibited from having any contact with the victim, who is now 26.

Assistant District Attorney Sophia Polites indicated she will seek a jail sentence against Finnemeyer.

“The commonwealth will be seeking a jail sentence, which is appropriate in this case based on the facts and the age of the child at the time of the incident,” Polites said. “He took advantage of not only her age but the fact that he had the opportunity to be alone with her.”

While the assault took place in 2000, an investigation didn’t begin until March when Finnemeyer revealed to a county detective that he had sexual contact with the girl while he was alone with the girl in a swimming pool while both were visiting a Telford residence, according to the arrest affidavit. Finnemeyer and his wife were friends with the girl’s family, according to the criminal complaint.

Finnemeyer admitted to touching the girl inappropriately and to having other sexual contact with her, according to the arrest affidavit.

In March, detectives interviewed the victim, now 26, and she recalled swimming with Finnemeyer at the Telford residence in 2000 and to being alone in the pool with Finnemeyer when others left the pool. The victim recalled she wanted to leave the pool but Finnemeyer urged her stay and she recalled the sexual assault followed, court papers indicate.

“(The victim) remembered Finnemeyer told her not to tell anyone,” detectives alleged in the criminal complaint.

Detectives also interviewed relatives of the victim who recalled the victim, around the time of the assault, told them Finnemeyer made her feel uncomfortable and she didn’t want to be around him, according to the arrest affidavit.